Protector for pipe connections



22,1924, 1,502,271 E. J. SALLENBACH PROTECTOR FOR PIPE CONNECTIONS FiledSept. 14 1922 J dklinbaml Patented July 22, 1924.

men stares J. SALLENBACH, 0F .'JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

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Application filed September 14., 1922. Serial No. 588,267.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ERNEST J. SALLEN BAoi-r. a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Joliet, in the county of "Will and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Protector for Pipe Connections,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to plumbers fittings.

The object ofthe invention is to provide a protector for water closetfloor connections, urinal and shower wastes and the like, for use inbuildings under construction to prevent plaster and other buildingmaterial from dropping into the sewer pipes Another object is to soconstru'cta protector of this character t'hatfit may be readily appliedand quickly removed effecting a great saving in time, and labor inconnecting up water closets, urinals, and shower wastes and which isextremely cheap to manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter dscribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a bottom plan view of afloor connection for water closets with this invention shown applied.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. '1, 2 and 3 a floor connection forwater closets is shown in the form of an annular casting 1 internallythreaded as shown in Fig. 2, for connection with the sewer pipe, andwhich is equipped at its upper or outer end with an annular radiallyextending floor flange 2.

This flange 2 is provided with a plurality of bolt receiving apertureshere shownin the form of key hole slots 3, four of which are provided,although obviously the number may be varied if found desirable to do so.The larger portion 4 of these slots 3 is designed for the insertion ofthe angular head 6 of a connecting bolt 5 which is designed for securingthe closet to the floor connection. A'washr? is carried, by'the bolt. 5and is designed to fit over the slot-.13 whe'nthe bolt 5 is inoperativeposition.v bolts 5 are held in operativepo'sition b'yniits 8which are designed to be arranged on the outer face of the flange of acloset bowl.v

Arranged under each key hole slot 3 is a sheet metal counter-sunk box 9which is designed to provide a housing for the bolt head as shownclearly in Fig. 3, and is provided at its opposite ends with bendablelips 10 and 11 which are designed to pass through slits in a cover disk12, to secure said disk in operativeposition. v

These boxes 9 overlap the side ,walls of the slots 3 on the lower facesthereof ,as shown clearly in Fig. 3 so that whenthe tongues 10 and 11are passed through the slits in the disk-like cover 12, and clampeddown, said cover will be securely held in operative position on theflange 2.

The cover 12 is made of galvanized iron or other suitable sheet metaland of a size corresponding to the size of the casting 1 including itsflange.

In the use of this protector 12, the housings or boxes 9 are arrangedbelow the flange 2 over the openings 3 and the tongues 10 and 11 thereofpassed up through the ends of said'openings and through slits 13 in thecover 12 and said tongues bent downward as shown in Figs. 1 and 3whereby the cover is mounted on the casting, The casting is then screwedonto the waste pipe with the flange 2 embedded in or resting on thefloor and the pipe is protected by the cover 12 against the droppingthereinto of plaster or other building material during the process ofconstruction.

hen the building has been completed and it is desired to install a watercloset, the cover 12 is removed by simply straightening up the lips 10and 11 and lifting the disk or cover 12 therefrom. These lips are thenbent down again into contact with the flange 2 as shown in Fig 3 and thebolts 5 engaged with the flange 2 by entering the heads 6 thereofthrough the larger portions 4 of the key hole slots 3 and said. headsare slipped back into the smaller portions of said slots where the boltsare held against turning by the angular formation of the heads. Thewashers 7 are then placed on the bolts over the key hole openings andthen the flange of the closet which is apertured for the passage of thebolts 5 is mounted on the casting with the bolts 5 passing through theapertures therein, and'the nutsrS are applied to the'bolts and tightenedup to secure the closet to the connection or casting.

From the above description it Will be seen that the connectionconstructed and equipped as herein shown and described will avoid anycutting out of cement, marble or tile floors under the floor flange 2for the insertion of the bolts 5 in addition to preventing allfpossibility of the pipes with whichithe fittings are connected beingclogged with \plaster and the like.

arranged below said openings and having bendable tongues, a disk-likecover having slits tor the reception of said tongueswhich are designedto be bent into clamping engagement with said coverto retain it in op- Ierative position.

' 2. :The combination with a sewer connection in the form of an annularcasting having laterally extending flange on its outer end provided witha plurality of key hole bolt receiving openings therein, boxes arrangedbelow said openings and having bendable tongues extending through theopenings bolts having annular heads for insertion through said openingsinto said boxes, a cover having slits to receive said tongues which arebent down into clamping engagement therewith to hold the cover inoperative position. 1 In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own,I have hereto ttillXQCl my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ERNEST J. SALLENBACH.

lVitnesses: i

FRED Ra ADAMS, SAMUEL J. DREW.

